Southall Quotes & Sayings

I want to give you something, or I want to take something from you. But I want to feel the exchange, the warm hand on the shoulder, the song coming out and the ear holding onto it. — Ada Limon

I was lucky enough to be a child during the renaissance of Australian children's literature, when people like Ivan Southall, Colin Thiele, Lilith Norman and Wrightson were pumping out hugely inspiring stuff. — Catherine Jinks

Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause. — Douglas Southall Freeman

Patrick Henry aligned himself against ratification. So did Richard Henry Lee. — Douglas Southall Freeman

I think it's really healing to see movies that are based on true stories. It builds so much more compassion and empathy. — Vanessa Hudgens

Really, Luther, if I knew you were that hungry, I would've picked up some takeout."
At the sound of my voice, he turned. "You!"
"Me."
"What is this?" He looked at Julie. "Mini-you? — Ilona Andrews

What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing. — Douglas Southall Freeman

We Virginians do not go to the storied shrines of the past to do worship but rather to gain inspiration. — Douglas Southall Freeman

The man who wins is the man who hangs on just five minutes longer after everyone else has quit. — Douglas Southall Freeman

Man was made to be immortal; else, he could not survive being the fool he is. — Douglas Southall Freeman

Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange. — Douglas Southall Freeman

The incurably suspicious Arthur Lee, youngest brother of Richard Henry, was of opinion that what others termed 'errors' in the Constitution were a deliberate scheme to create an oligarchy. — Douglas Southall Freeman

The typical analytic complaint about continental philosophy is that it is unrigorous, muddleheaded, subjectivist, inattentive to science, and written in impenetrable prose. The typical continental complaint about analytic philosophy is that it is superficial, reductionistic, anal retentive, inattentive to human concerns, and boring. — Edward Feser

I would say that the study of history is that which gives man the greatest optimism, for if man were not destined by his Maker to go on until the Kingdom of Heaven is attained, man would have been extinguished long ago by reason of all man's mistakes and frailties. — Douglas Southall Freeman

Character is the essence of all that a man has seen in life and regards as high and exalted. Character is like truth: the substance of the things that a man has forgotten but the substance of the things that are worth remembering in life. — Douglas Southall Freeman

I think I was always going to be an Everton player from the day I was born. There is a certain type of player who is an Everton player — Neville Southall

Why anyone would want to leave Everton is beyond me anyway. Even for Manchester United, Chelsea or anyone. This is the place to be. — Neville Southall

I think the American people lose a large part of the joy of life because they do not live for generations in the same place. — Douglas Southall Freeman

I don't think for this generation, but for my generation and my father's generation, men had difficulty in accessing emotion and then being able to talk about it. — Liam Neeson

Time alone is irreplaceable. Waste it not. — Douglas Southall Freeman

My late wife Olympia was Goan and I've been to India many times. I love the food there. We used to do our shopping in Southall, where you can find cheap but wonderful fruit like mangoes, vegetables and spices. I didn't do much of the cooking, as Olympia did a lot - I was the under-chef and did some of the chopping. — Vince Cable

The forest stretched away before him. Beneath his paws he could feel the crisp crackle of newly fallen leaves. Silverpelt glittered in the sky like morning dew scattered on black fur. — Erin Hunter

My day-to-day local issues are rooted in an underlying fear of death. — Alex Karpovsky

Southall Broadway, in west London, has been a constant part of my life from the day I arrived in England as a baby from Kenya in 1962. My parents rented a room in one of the terraces off the Broadway, and I've seen it change from an ordinary English high street to what is now 'Little India.' with a confident Asian community. — Gurinder Chadha

I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time ...
... why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time, my greatest regret is how much I believed in the future. — Jonathan Safran Foer

She didn't break his heart, but I feel like a man is supposed to be a man, he ain't supposed to be all involved in that. That's why she got sisters and friend for. Just show up with the ring and act right. — Mike Epps